10 March - 13 March 2025

Sustainability Action Week 2025

UIC Headquarters in Paris and Online

A Dynamic 4-Day Event with 400 Participants from 47 Organizations!

Building on the success of the 2023 action week, UIC sustainability Platform hosted this highly interactive 4-day event, with close to 400 participants attending in person and online, representing 47 UIC member organisations.

The action week included a series of workshops and seminars on a broad range of sustainability topics as well as high level panels and business orientated debates.

Who attended?

✔ Sustainability professionals and related technical collaborators within UIC members
✔ Partners and suppliers of UIC and their members
✔ Subject matter experts across other modes and industry

Documents

Shared resources

Click on links to find the slide decks and posters for each topic

Strategic Themes

Slides: Is Sustainability Integrated into Business Strategy?
Poster: The UIC Sustainability Platform
Slides: How do we engage customers and stakeholders in the Climate Challenge?
Poster: Ecopassenger
Slides: Sustainability Reporting Workshop - Transparency or Greenwashing?
- IRS 30330 World café: Sustainable Reporting World Cafe+Output deck
Poster: Rail Sustainability Index 1 (one) and 2 (two)

Noise and Vibration

Slides: Railway Noise: Sustainable Railways Strive to Be Good Neighbours
Slides: Railway Noise: ERJU QuieterRaiI Project Whole System Optimisation
Poster: ELPA (Gold Sponsor)
Poster: Noise from Parked Trains

Gender Equality

Sustainable Tourism

Slides: Sustainable Tourism Workshop
Poster: Rail4Cities
Poster: Future rail Tourism and Tour & Rail
Poster: MultiModX

Energy and Decarbonisation

Slides: UIC EnergyCO2 Long-term prospect workshop
Poster: Energy saving
Poster: Traction Energy Database
Poster: SFERA
Poster: Ecopassenger

Climate Change and Adaptation Seminar

Slides: Beyond the Tracks – Building Partnerships and Transport System Resilience

Circular Economy

Sustainable Land Use

Slides: Tracks of Harmony: Railways & Nature
Poster: Ecosystem Valuation for Railways

Air Quality

Poster: Air Quality Management in Rail
Poster: Extended Air Quality Solution
- AirQualitySolutions_1
- AirQualitySolutions_2
- AirQualitySolutions_3
- AirQualitySolutions_4

Gold

Silver

Our media partners

IRJ

Railway Pro

Via Libre

Code of Conduct

We kindly encourage you to take a moment to review the event’s Code of Conduct. UIC is dedicated to creating a welcoming, safe, and collaborative environment that supports meaningful dialogue and discovery. We value the active participation of all attendees and are committed to ensuring a productive and respectful experience for everyone at our events.